What makes Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King so unique in their own ways? What draws the audience toward reading one over the other? Though both are compelling in different ways, they hold more similarities than you may realize. People may not know, but it is possible to compare and contrast two well-known authors like Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. They show great relationships between their work. Both authors broke new ground in fiction that has had a significant impact on the world of literature. Similar in quite a few ways, though contrasting in many others, this paper will show the lives and styles of these two successful men, paying close attention to the differences that exist in their writing. Explaining Poe’s childhood includes some …show more content…
Both of them suffered from the absence of a father and the values of a complete family, and being seperated from their families at such a young age. “Think darkness,” “thread of the spider,” and “vulture eye’ are three pieces of Poes writing that shows he wants the reader to see and feel real life. He uses concrete imagery rather than vague abstract words to describe settings and people like King does with his writing. Poe and King also share interest in murder, death, and horror. Death is a huge theme visited in both works of them, more likely in Poe’s though. They both highly contributed to the “horror” literary genre. Most think this is because they had that rough childhood, most kids did not have to go through like they did. Growing up, they were both considered “outsiders,” having a huge impact on what they were strongly writing about. They felt different from others and were both often called mean names. Being an outsider, often makes you think poorly of yourself and has a huge influence on the way you act, which could be why like went toward a more “horror” genre of writing. Edgar Allan Poe said, “Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their